2014–15 NK Zadar season

Zadar
2014–15 season
Chairman	Josip Bajlo
Manager	Ferdo Milin; (until 24 August 2014); Miroslav Blažević; (until 2 January 2015); Igor Štimac
Prva HNL	10th
Croatian Cup	Quarter-final
Top goalscorer	League: Ivančić, Weitzer (3); All: Theophilus, Weitzer (4)
Highest home attendance	3,500 v Hajduk Split,; 2 November 2014
Lowest home attendance	200 v Lokomotiva,; 6 December 2014
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2013–14

The 2014–15 season is the 70th season in Zadar’s history and their eighth in the Prva HNL. Their 7th place finish in the 2013–14 season means it is their 18th successive season playing in the Prva HNL. On December 2, 2014 the main chairman of NK Zadar Reno Sinovčić was arrested on grounds of corruption.^[2]

First-team squad

As of 17 November 2014

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	CRO	Mladen Matković
2	MF	CRO	Josip Bilaver
3	DF	CRO	Lovre Čirjak
4	DF	CRO	Ante Sarić
5	DF	CRO	Ivan Šimurina
6	DF	CRO	Vedran Ješe
7	MF	CRO	Domagoj Pušić (on loan from Rijeka)
8	MF	CRO	Jakov Surać (captain)
10	MF	CRO	Ivor Weitzer
11	FW	NGA	Solomon Theophilus (on loan from Rijeka)
12	GK	CRO	Tomo Gluić
14	MF	CRO	Frane Čirjak
15	MF	CRO	Jure Jerbić


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	MF	CRO	Ivan Pešić
20	DF	BIH	Želimir Terkeš
21	MF	CRO	Domagoj Muić
22	MF	CRO	Marko Tešija
23	MF	CRO	Roberto Viduka
25	DF	CRO	Frane Ikić
26	MF	CRO	Igor Banović
28	DF	BIH	Mirko Hrgović
30	MF	CRO	Jurica Buljat
—	MF	NGA	Aliyu Okechukwu (on loan from Rijeka)
—	MF	CRO	Drago Gabrić (on loan from Rijeka)
—	MF	CRO	Tonći Mujan (on loan from Hajduk)
—	FW	CRO	Dražen Pilčić

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final result	First match	Last Match
2014–15 Prva HNL	–	TBD	19 July	30 May
2014–15 Croatian Cup	First round	TBD	24 September	TBD

Prva HNL

Classification

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
6	Slaven Belupo	36	11	9	16	38	49	−11	42
7	RNK Split	36	9	14	13	42	49	−7	41
8	Osijek	36	10	6	20	42	59	−17	36
9	Istra 1961	36	7	14	15	36	59	−23	35	Qualification to relegation play-off
10	Zadar (R)	36	8	8	20	37	75	−38	32	Relegation to Croatian Second Football League

Source: Sportnet.hr
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
For deciding champions, qualification to UEFA Europa League and relegation: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head away goals scored
(R) Relegated

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
19	3	4	12	18	51	−33	13	2	3	5	14	19	−5	1	1	7	4	32	−28

Last updated: 16 December 2014.
Source: Sportnet.hr

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
Ground	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	L	D	L	D	L	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	D
Position	7	5	8	6	9	9	9	9	5	7	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10

Updated to match(es) played on 16 December 2014. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Prva HNL

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Attendance	Zadar Scorers	Report
1	19 Jul	H	RNK Split	1 – 2	1,000	Ivančić	Sportnet.hr
2	26 Jul	H	Osijek	2 – 1	900	Ivančić, Weitzer	Sportnet.hr
3	2 Aug	A	Dinamo Zagreb	0 – 5	1,976		Sportnet.hr
4	9 Aug	H	NK Zagreb	2 – 2	1,200	Weitzer, Ivančić	Sportnet.hr
5	16 Aug	A	Hajduk Split	0 – 6	10,000		Sportnet.hr
6	23 Aug	H	Istra 1961	1 – 1	800	Šimurina	Sportnet.hr
7	30 Aug	A	Rijeka	1 – 6	4,000	Terkeš	Sportnet.hr
8	13 Sep	H	Slaven Belupo	4 – 0	3,000	Terkeš, Pešić, Hrgović, Pušić	Sportnet.hr
9	20 Sep	A	Lokomotiva	1 – 0	1,000	Weitzer	Sportnet.hr
10	27 Sep	A	RNK Split	0 – 3	1,000		Sportnet.hr
11	4 Oct	A	Osijek	1 – 4	2,000	Ikić	Sportnet.hr
12	18 Oct	H	Dinamo Zagreb	1 – 3	2,500	Pešić	Sportnet.hr
13	25 Oct	A	NK Zagreb	0 – 3	200		Sportnet.hr
14	1 Nov	H	Hajduk Split	0 – 3	3,500		Sportnet.hr
15	8 Nov	A	Istra 1961	1 – 1	800	Buljat	Sportnet.hr
16	22 Nov	H	Rijeka	0 – 1	1,500		Sportnet.hr
17	29 Nov	A	Slaven Belupo	0 – 4	1,200		Sportnet.hr
18	6 Dec	H	Lokomotiva	2 – 5	200	Theophilus, Buljat	Sportnet.hr
19	13 Dec	H	RNK Split	1 – 1		Jerbić	Sportnet.hr
20	7 Feb	H	Osijek	–
21	14 Feb	A	Dinamo Zagreb	–
22	21 Feb	H	NK Zagreb	–
23	28 Feb	A	Hajduk Split	–
24	7 Mar	H	Istra 1961	–
25	14 Mar	A	Rijeka	–
26	21 Mar	H	Slaven Belupo	–
27	4 Apr	A	Lokomotiva	–
28	11 Apr	A	RNK Split	–
29	18 Apr	A	Osijek	–
30	25 Apr	H	Dinamo Zagreb	–
31	29 Apr	A	NK Zagreb	–
32	2 May	H	Hajduk Split	–
33	9 May	A	Istra 1961	–
34	16 May	H	Rijeka	–
35	23 May	A	Slaven Belupo	–
36	30 May	H	Lokomotiva	–

Croatian Cup

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Attendance	Zadar Scorers	Report
R1	24 Sep	A	Zagora Unešić	5 – 1	1,500	Weitzer, Theophilus (3), Hrgović	Sportnet.hr
R2	29 Oct	H	Varaždin	5 – 1	400	Pešić (2), Terkeš, Čirjak, Ješe	Sportnet.hr
QF	11 Feb	A	RNK Split	–
QF	4 Mar	H	RNK Split	–

Sources: Prva-HNL.hr

Friendlies

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Attendance	Zadar Scorers	Report
1	20 Jan 2015	Međugorje	NK Neretva	2 – 2	50	Muja, Jerbić (o.g.), Čirjak (o.g.), Gabrić	zadarski.hr
2	24 Jan 2015	Međugorje	Zrinjski	0 – 2	100	-	Sportnet.hr

Player seasonal records

Competitive matches only. Updated to games played 15 December 2014.

Goals

Rank	Name	League	Cup	Total
1	Ivor Weitzer	3	1	4
	Solomon Theophilus	1	3	4
	Ivan Pešić	2	2	4
3	Josip Ivančić	3	0	3
3	Želimir Terkeš	2	1	3
5	Jurica Buljat	2	0	2
5	Mirko Hrgović	1	1	2
7	Domagoj Pušić	1	0	1
	Ivan Šimurina	1	0	1
	Frane Ikić	1	0	1
	Frane Čirjak	0	1	1
	Vedran Ješe	0	1	1
	Jure Jerbić	1	0	1
	TOTALS	15	10	25

Source: Sportnet.hr

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Player	From	Fee
14 Jul 2014	CF	Vlatko Šimunac	NK Vinogradar	Free
14 Jul 2014	CF	Želimir Terkeš	Persija Jakarta	?
21 Jul 2014	MF	Marko Tešija	Dugopolje	?
24 Jun 2014	FW	Lovre Čirjak	Unemployed
10 Oct 2014	AM	Jurica Buljat	Unemployed
14 Jan 2015	FW	Dražen Pilčić	Unemployed	Free
		Domagoj Krajačić	NK Lučko
		Andrija Milinković^[3]	NK Neretva

Out

Date	Position	Player	To	Fee
1 Jul 2014	FW	Antonio Jakoliš	CFR Cluj	Free transfer
1 Jul 2014	FW	Marin Jurina	Etzella	?
18 Jul 2014	DF	Marin Oršulić	CSKA Sofia	?
18 Aug 2014	MF	Josip Bašić	HNK Šibenik	?
18 Aug 2014	DF	Marin Con	Al-Fahaheel FC	?
25 Aug 2014	FW	Josip Ivančić	HNK Rijeka	?
30 Jun 2014	FW	Josip Tadić	HNK Rijeka	End of loan
15 Jun 2014	DF	Mato Neretljak	HNK Rijeka	End of loan
21 Oct 2014	MF	Marko Tešija	Unattached	?
4 Nov 2014	MF	Andjelo Paleka	NK Zlatna Luka	?
13 Jan 2015	MF	Ivor Weitzer	Pécsi MFC	?

Loans in

Date	Position	Player	From	Until
18 Aug 2014	MF	Domagoj Pušić	HNK Rijeka	30 Jun 2015
22 Aug 2014	FW	Solomon Theophilus	HNK Rijeka	30 Jun 2015
14 Jan 2015	MF	Aliyu Okechukwu	HNK Rijeka	30 Jun 2015
15 Jan 2015	MF	Drago Gabrić	HNK Rijeka	30 Jun 2015
15 Jan 2015	MF	Tonći Mujan	HNK Hajduk Split	30 Jun 2015

Loans out

Date	Position	Player	To	Until
12 Aug 2014	FW	Vlatko Blažević	HNK Šibenik	30 Jun 2015

References

^ "NOVO IME U STANOVIMA Igor Štimac nasljednik Ćire Blaževića na klupi Zadra". Jutarnji.hr. Retrieved 2015-04-10.
^ "Uhićen prvi čovjek Zadra Reno Sinovčić - Sportnet". Hrsport.net. Retrieved 2015-04-10.
^ "Belgijac Zennaro došao u Istru 1961, Štimac doveo još dvojicu igrača - Sportnet". Hrsport.net. Retrieved 2015-04-10.

[1] "NOVO IME U STANOVIMA Igor Štimac nasljednik Ćire Blaževića na klupi Zadra". Jutarnji.hr. Retrieved 2015-04-10.

[2] "Uhićen prvi čovjek Zadra Reno Sinovčić - Sportnet". Hrsport.net. Retrieved 2015-04-10.

[3] "Belgijac Zennaro došao u Istru 1961, Štimac doveo još dvojicu igrača - Sportnet". Hrsport.net. Retrieved 2015-04-10.

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